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Call Number:
MSS 15
Holdings:
Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
Creator:
Leslie, Harriet Honor Stone, 1799–1879
Title(s):
Letter to Charles Robert Leslie
Date:
probably 1840s, "Tuesday, 29th October"
Classification:
Archives and Manuscripts
Series:
Series III: Correspondence
Part of Collection:
1, folder 26
Provenance:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Conditions Governing Access:
The materials are open for research.
Conditions Governing Use:
Copyright Undetermined

The collection is the physical property of the Yale Center for British Art. Literary rights, including copyright, belong to the authors or their legal heirs and assigns. For further information, consult the Archives Department.
Scope and Content:
Harriet writes from Brighton. She acknowledges receipt of 15 pounds from Leslie, and reports on the improving health of Caroline. Harriet is content in Brighton, but misses her husband. She comments a bit on money matters and moves on to praise Bradford for being "such an excellent good fellow," saying that she will be sorry to part with him. She adds a postscript about George wanting another waistcoat and gives Leslie directions to a shop where he might find one for a certain price.
Physical Description:
4 pages (1 folded leaf) ; 18.5 x 23 cm. Autograph letter, signed; written in pen and brown/black ink.
Genre:
Correspondence , Pictorial works, Albums (Books), Autobiographies, Cut-paper works, Graphite drawings, Pen and ink drawings, Letters, Sketchbooks, and Watercolors (paintings)
Subject Terms:
Dance
Military uniforms
Painters
Painting
Painting, British
Panoramas
Subject Period:
19th century
Associated Places:
Great Britain
Associated People/Groups:
Leslie, Charles Robert, 1794-1859
Leslie, Harriet Honor Stone, 1799-1879
Finding Aid Title:
Charles Robert Leslie Collection
Collection PDF:
https://ead-pdfs.library.yale.edu/8.pdf
Archival Object:
https://archives.yale.edu/repositories/3/archival_objects/1264
Metadata Cloud URL:
https://metadata-api.library.yale.edu/metadatacloud/api/aspace/repositories/3/archival_objects/1264?mediaType=json&include-notes=1&include-all-subjects=1